Assessing emergency department physician workload: A NASA-TLX analysis by experience and care type
Perceived workload in the ED varies significantly by task type, experience level, and patient acuity. These findings provide actionable data that may support evidence-based staffing decisions, workload redistribution, and training strategies to optimize physician performance and mitigate cognitive overload in resource-limited emergency departments.
Authors
- Minha Kim
- Sejin Heo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7387-4575)
- Seung Jin Maeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0022-0703)
- Taerim Kim
- Gun Tak Lee
- Junsang Yoo
- Se Uk Lee
- Ji Sim Yoon
- Jong Eun Park
- Sung Yeon Hwang
- Won Chul Cha
- Ye Rim Lee
- Donghyun Kim
- Hansol Chang
- Hee Yoon
Institutions
- Samsung (South Korea) (KR)
- Samsung Medical Center (KR)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15441/ceem.25.219
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration